Ian P. Watts, "Myth of the River Kwai" May 16, 1979.
Additional Speakers: Dr. Frederick Wahler (English Department).
15th annual Nina Mae Kellogg lecture on language.
SUMMARY: Ian Watt discusses his involvement, while a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, in the construction of the River Kwai bridge. Traces the evolution of this historical occurrence into fiction, as exemplified by Pierre Boulle's The bridge on the River Kwai and the motion picture of the same title.
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